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At some point during your training, you might hit a bump in the road - you might reach Black Belt and think there’s nowhere left to go;...

You probably hear us go on about Graduation in classes all the time and think we sound like a broken record, but it turns out that the...

The next Graduation/Grading is this weekend on Saturday 18th April at Essa Academy, Lever Edge Ln, Bolton BL3 3HH (some of you may be...

This post is aimed mainly at our more advanced students but it does also apply to the Beginners, who's syllabus is easier to pick up in...

What should you do when your child says they don’t want to come to their martial arts class. I know how it feels as I have been there...

As a parent of two fairly well adjusted young adults, I can wholeheartedly agree with these four easy ways to make sure your child has...

We have posted regularly about how martial arts is all about hard work, discipline & respect - you get out of it multiples of what you...

We have always had the aim of being firmly rooted within the community and for us to support and work with them as best we could - we...

The next Graduation/Grading is this weekend on Saturday 9th April at Essa Academy, Lever Edge Ln, Bolton BL3 3HH (some of you may be...

...adults & children should take up martial arts classes (together) There is a belief that traditional martial arts are mainly geared for...

Graduations are extremely important events at Family Martial Arts Centres and are held every two months. Graduations for Leadership...

The next Graduation/Grading is this weekend on Saturday 12th February at Essa Academy, Lever Edge Ln, Bolton BL3 3HH. The times have been...

Martial arts serve as a wonderful tool for young people to build the skills they need to defend themselves and achieve better health &...

While practicing martial arts is an excellent way to improve your physical health & learn self-defence, another of its greatest...

In the last part of this series, we will look at breaking (Kyuck Pa) and how this fits within the self-defence system. We don’t do a lot...

The next part of our training that I want to cover is Hol Sin Sool (self-defence). It may seem slightly odd to refer to one part of our...

This is often the part that adult students fear & child students want to start on week 2. Free Sparring (Ja Yu Dae Ryun) can be seen as...

In this next instalment, we’ll look at Ee Soo Sik Dae Ryun (two step sparring) & Sam Soo Sik Dae Ryun (three step sparring). As we said...

Whilst we will occasionally cover this in our Intermediate Leadership Classes, Il Soo Sik Dae Ryun (One Step Sparring) is covered within...

Following on from Basic Techniques, Hyungs (also known as ‘Forms’) seems to me like the logical progression. In the very simplest sense,...